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can i speed up my gaming?

boselecta — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:37:58 GMT

i have a sony vaio pcg-k415b i have got gta san andreas and it runs a bit slow, i also have vice city and it runs great how can i speed up san andreas plz.

Re: can i speed up my gaming?

seb21__ — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:50:49 GMT

reduce the game details

Re: can i speed up my gaming?

itbroker — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:56:10 GMT

You also can take a guide at Microsoft Home Page.

Re: can i speed up my gaming?

boselecta — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:41:43 GMT

i have tried changing all the game settings is there anything i can do to my vaio to improve gaming speed

Re: can i speed up my gaming?

TygerTyger — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:52:51 GMT

You can disable as many background tasks as possible (and with it check startup items), if you computer uses shared RAM then be sure to have allocated the maximum amount to the graphics card in the BIOS. Defragmentation would almost certainly help (Perfect Disk 7 is a good choice, a 30 day trial is free).

Re: can i speed up my gaming?

TheCrow — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:48:49 GMT

i have a sony vaio pcg-k415b i have got gta san andreas and it runs a bit slow, i also have vice city and it runs great how can i speed up san andreas plz.

I recomended ... install new windows and dont install anything on it ... just Windows with DirectX 9.0c
or
kill some program from start up before u want play game
and u can configure game on the game option !

Re: can i speed up my gaming?

kee-lo_ — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 01:54:57 GMT

Not much you can really do, apart from what TT said, the only hardware you can really boost is RAM, the graphics can't be changed.

Re: can i speed up my gaming?

feederfan — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:00:04 GMT

Theres not much point boosting RAM, the K-Series video chip isnt really very good, I struggle to run NFS Underground on mine successfully. Laptops arent really meant for gaming though, and all new games require hi-spec graphics boards, which laptops dont have because they consume too much power!

Re: can i speed up my gaming?

tonybeard — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 19:37:45 GMT

Try ripping your game and play it from your hard drive. Make an .iso or blindwrite or nero or alcohol file and mount the CD 1 game disk in Alcohol 120%. Start Alcohol and open for example your San Andreas .iso you made with WinISO, Go to the virtual drive settings and make a new drive say G drive. Mount your opened .iso file on G drive and drive bash and plunder you way through the US. You may need to download the patch called Securom 1.4 so it will run off your hard drive. Point taken notebooks can't cope so don't try to overclock or you will fry it.

Re: can i speed up my gaming?

kee-lo_ — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 20:54:19 GMT

I agree with FF, looking at the specs, there's not much you can do.

Re: can i speed up my gaming?

feederfan — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 13:56:58 GMT

Yer, even low spec games like Wolfenstein wont run well on my VAIO, i get like 40fps, and on my desktop i get 300. Considering my desktop has a slower processor, it shows how much difference the graphics chip makes

Re: can i speed up my gaming?

TygerTyger — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 15:07:25 GMT

I shouldn't think that running the entire thing off the HD would be hugely successful given that the HD speed is only 4200. Worth a try I guess, though not practical either unless you have a vast HD which the Kxxxb doesn't have.

Re: can i speed up my gaming?

kee-lo_ — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:48:33 GMT

Yeah it's not going to do much different